Japanese researcher photographs Dark Matter!

[Taro Toporific]

Check out this Japanese researcher's photographs of Dark Matter and read the rest-of-the-story via the wacky parallel universe ofGoogle Translate:

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[Screwed-down Hairdo]

An upside-down onsen mark like the one in the picture above used to be the symbol of a love hotel....

[IparryU]

An upside-down onsen mark like the one in the picture above used to be the symbol of a love hotel....

dem look like greji's goat's balls... spectacular sight

[Doctor Stop]

dem look like greji's goat's balls... spectacular sight

That sounds almost like something Bo Sensei would say.

[dimwit]

So we are looking at some armpit hair attached to a mochi? Delightful.

[Taro Toporific]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

So we are looking at some armpit hair attached to a mochi? Delightful.

Good Lord....I thought it was an Italian mama at a glory hole....

[syrup16g]

Where did you get the idea that this was dark matter? Some kind of joke?

[Marked Trail]

Where did you get the idea that this was dark matter? Some kind of joke?

This is J-SCIENCE, which is a joke.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Where did you get the idea that this was dark matter? Some kind of joke?

Perhaps it should have been "Doesn't Matter?"

[matsuki]

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Row about Japan’s hot-spring symbol ends in compromise

Japanese innkeepers and the industry ministry have compromised in a dispute over a plan to change an iconic pictogram for hot springs — allowing the use of both the old mark and a new one.

The conflict originated from studies launched by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry aimed at revising public symbols in a bid to make them more understandable to visitors from abroad as part of preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games.

While the Japanese Industrial Standards recognize some 140 pictograms adopted on occasions including the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, many of them are different from standards set by the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, and may be misinterpreted by overseas visitors

The proposed change met with protests from many innkeepers.

“The symbol is widely accepted by Japanese people,” said Takako Sakurai, who heads the association of hot spring inns in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, regarded as the birthplace of the mark. “It should not be changed.”

Members of the expert panel also called for promoting the symbol abroad without amendment.

Why not promote Japanese "aisu" instead of ice cream while you're at it Then again, this is the cuntry where genius marketers have ads up in Narita that read something like "let us help you enjoy "日本" with our service!" I only noticed because the family in front of me were questioning what the hell the "Asian writing" was.

The current one has always made me think "hot coffee" since there are various non-standard versions of this shit everywhere in 'merica:

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[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Heh, heh, heh...this thread mentions Bo Sensei...